On Tue, 1 Nov 2005, Carl Hartung wrote:
On Monday 31 October 2005 23:43, Aschwin Marsman wrote:
I have the following problem:
# rpm -e lame error: "lame" specifies multiple packages
How can I solve this? The smart package manager hangs when trying to remove the package and I can't get it deleted on the commandline.
Have you checked to see what shows up in the "Install and Remove Software" (now "Software Management") module in YaST? I understand it's a GUI layered on top of rpm, but since rpm is basically a fixed application relational database management system, sometimes the GUI provides just the needed "broad view" during forensics... it is simply easier to "browse" the database in the GUI. Select "Package Groups" in the left pane, scroll to the bottom and select "zzz all" and all the packages, installed and not, will be displayed in the right-hand pane. Scroll down to lame and see what's listed. If there are two, try selecting *both* for removal. That's the best I can do for tonight. I'll catch up with the list tomorrow and good luck!
I tried YaST, removed lame and installed it again, that worked, thanks. In another reply Robert Schiele wrote: # rpm -e --allmatches lame This is what I will try next time, thanks for the hint. I can't try it now. How can this happen? (rpm thinking that the same package is installed twice).
regards,
- Carl
Best regards, Aschwin Marsman -- aschwin@marsman.org http://www.marsman.org